The so-called positive press has in some ways been more difficult to swallow than the negative.

Around eighth grade I decided I wanted to be a composer and that's what I went to college for. Just a few years back, I switched out of composition and into creative writing so I could work with words.

I never thought people would be mortally offended by the sounds I was making.

People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on.

I didn't really know a lot of the history when I was younger. I didn't realize that the harp is coded in such a specific way in musical circles. It's kind of this society instrument because of its history as a young woman's parlor instrument.

I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great.

There's something fundamental to the harp that has retained its appeal my whole life. It's an instrument I am just in love with.